nginx is faster than apache?

The Setup:
– Same VPS
– PHP 7 with opcaching

nginx with PHP-FPM:
Lifting the server siege…
Transactions: 70549 hits
Availability: 100.00 %
Elapsed time: 59.97 secs
Data transferred: 2764.77 MB
Response time: 0.02 secs
Transaction rate: 1176.40 trans/sec
Throughput: 46.10 MB/sec
Concurrency: 24.79
Successful transactions: 70549
Failed transactions: 0
Longest transaction: 0.34
Shortest transaction: 0.00

Apache’s DSO/ruid2 with opcache as follows:
Lifting the server siege…
Transactions: 117768 hits
Availability: 100.00 %
Elapsed time: 59.61 secs
Data transferred: 4672.46 MB
Response time: 0.01 secs
Transaction rate: 1975.64 trans/sec
Throughput: 78.38 MB/sec
Concurrency: 24.64
Successful transactions: 117768
Failed transactions: 0
Longest transaction: 0.40
Shortest transaction: 0.00

to be continued…